[Fire Wraith]

Originally posted by Norfleet:
I'm pretty sure I've seen the AI declare war on me twice. It seems like if the AI declares war on you, and then absolutely nothing happens, he sometimes forgets about it and reverts back to being neutral.

Only twice? Well then, I have a story for you...

I am currently in my second game since getting the full game (Lurking around this forum has been a great way to learn things, by the way ), where I am playing Soul Gate Ermor in the world war scenario with all AI players enabled and set to difficult. My plan was to first conquer all of Africa, and then figure out where to go from there.

Some time during my battles with Abysia, Machaka, and Marignon, Ulm, not content with their stronghold in Europe and eager to possess my zero population provinces in Italy, decided to declare war on me. Upon eyeing the massive army of the undead hanging out in northern Italy, their generals decided to postpone the invasion... indefinitely.

A few turns later, their false god no doubt wondering what was going on, Ulm declared war again. The Ulmish armies quickly checked the border and noticed that yes indeed, the huge mass of undeath was still there, slowly growing every day. Further preparations would be necessary before they could attack, their generals must have reasoned.

Every few turns Ulm would declare war, only to forget about it shortly afterwards. I have not been keeping track, but they have done so quite a few times so far.

Recently, Ulm even dared to attempt a couple sorties. The first one was repulsed, but still caused a reasonable amount of damage. I quickly reinforced the army, and a few turns later they attacked again. The second offensive must have been some sort of suicide attack, as their army was only a tenth the size of mine. Ulm must be getting rather desperate. Well, either that or the Fires from Afar that Anthrax flung towards their army managed to wing one of their incoming commanders.

Perhaps now that Ulm knows that I can anticipate their every move, they will leave me alone and our two nations can live in peace. Well, not if the undead hordes swarming through Spain and Byzantium have anything to say about it, that is...